In the first ever visit of Indian President H.E. Pranab Mukherjee to Papua New Guinea, India and Papua New Guinea signed four agreements.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Papua New Guinea’s Ministry of Health and HIV/AIDS for a broad range of cooperation in the field of healthcare and medical science.

Another MoU was signed between the Papua New Guinea government and the Export Import Bank of India for a $100-million credit line for development of infrastructure in the island-nation.

The third MoU was between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, and PNG University of Technology, Lae, for cooperation in agricultural research.